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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022

Dispatch

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Refugee Settlement during COVID-19 Pandemic, Uganda, April 2021

Luke NyakarahukaComments to Author , Shannon Whitmer, Jackson Kyondo, Sophia Mulei, Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Carson T. Telford, Alex Tumusiime, Gloria Grace Akurut, Dianah Namanya, Kilama Kamugisha, Jimmy Baluku, Julius Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Trevor Shoemaker, and John D. Klena
Author affiliations: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (L. Nyakarahuka); Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda (L. Nyakarahuka, J. Kyondo, S. Mulei, A. Tumusiime, J. Baluku, J. Lutwama, S. Balinandi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Whitmer, C.M. Cossaboom, C.T. Telford, T. Shoemaker, J.D. Klena); Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kampala (G.G. Akurut, D. Namanya, K. Kamugisha)

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Figure 2

Phylogenetic analysis of all available full-length Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) small (A) and medium (B) segments from GenBank. Orange shading indicates sequence from 16-year-old girl in 2022; blue shading indicates past sequences from Uganda; gray shading indicates non-Uganda sequences. Major clades are labeled according to Balinandi et al. (6). Nodes with bootstrap support >70% are labeled in red. GenBank accession numbers are OL690430–1.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic analysis of all available full-length Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) small (A) and medium (B) segments from GenBank. Orange shading indicates sequence from 16-year-old girl in 2022; blue shading indicates past sequences from Uganda; gray shading indicates non-Uganda sequences. Major clades are labeled according to Balinandi et al. (6). Nodes with bootstrap support >70% are labeled in red. GenBank accession numbers are OL690430–1.

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